Notes and comments erroneous arrhenius: Modified Arrhenius model best explains the temperature dependence of ectotherm fitness

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-233

  Knies, Jennifer L ^a   Kingsolver, Joel G ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhenius; Fitness; Temperature; Universal temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECTOTHERMY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FITNESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROORGANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INSECT; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; INSECTS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANKTON; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955605710     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653662     Document Type: Article

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